February 27, 2010
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Jr. High Matchmaking
School officials at a Jr. High School are coming under fire after the drama club used a matchmaking web site as a fundraiser.
Kids in six grade were allowed to fill out a survey that will pair them up with potential opposite sex matches.
The superintendent of the school said the survey was “harmless.” It has been used to raise money at the school for 15 years. Here is the link: Link
Is 6th grade too young to participate in a matchmaking site?
Comments (89)
Nope, harmless.
I would say it’s all in good fun.
But then again… 12 year olds + relationships = icky girl germs.
Seems fine -.-
Isn’t middle-school self-conscious enough without having a website tell you who you match up with? Actually, it’d probably be a very popular fundraiser for that reason.
I see it as harmless.
DAMNIT. i can’t ever get here fast enough for first >:[
Hella too young.
Fresh out of elementary, wtf?
Seems okay.
of course not. harmless.
i don’t really know, but i think i discovered masturbation in the 6th grade.
we did that at my school
my list is a joke – for the past 3 years I’ve gotten the same guys recycled even though I’m completely different now
none the less I love doing the surveys and looking at the results – all good fun
Today’s 6th graders are participating in more than just matchmaking site, if you know what I mean.
I believe it is.
We always had those in my school! I love them! They were so much fun…just to see who you’d be matched up with. I think they’re harmless.
I don’t think there was anything like this when I was 11…11 years ago. 1999? I don’t remember. Anyway, I think 6th grade is wayyyyy too young for a matchmaking site like this. Do something with the kids, not with a website. In 8th grade we had some gig called “reality store,” which I just now remembered thanks to this. We were paired up with someone and had to get a job and stuff. It was lame, but the point was that we were 13, haha. But then again kids as young as 10 are having sex, so who knows what the correct age is for any of these things?
Besides, you have to be 18 to use that site, right?
It sounds harmless. And as they are pairing up anyway at that age. Maybe this will help teach them to look for things other than a nice butt
When I was in high school, every year around Valentines Day they’d do a fundraiser via a website that would do a sort of ‘matchmaking’. You’d fill out a questionaire & for $2 receieve something back telling you ‘personality matches’, ‘horoscope matches’, ‘best friend matches’ & ‘celebrity matches’. No one took it seriously, it was just something to have fun with.
I’m not sure it’s okay to have middle school students participate in it, but it does seem that people are blowing it out of proportion.
Haha are you serious? I think I may have the same exact “compatibility surveys” at my high school. I’ve done one and it’s completely harmless and it is all in good fun. It sounds like this was done for Valentine’s Day as well.
To me, that psychologist who said it may have negative consequences sounds like psychobabble. Suggesting that the superintendent resign over this one incident is ridiculous.
Sixth grade is not too young to participate in this survey. Kids form crushes in elementary school regardless.
I don’t think so. We did a matchmaking thing like that in 7th grade.
My school did this every year since 7th grade-12th grade around Valentines Day. It ‘hooks’ you up with your top 10 compatible options that are in the school. And it also gives you a top 10 list of who you are least compatible with. Its actually really funny.
nah.
it seems pretty harmless.
sounds fun, actually.
Definitely bad, could definitely lead to the uncontrolled spread of cooties.
Well, I think it’s to young, but who cares. Most kids are having sex before they’re out of high school so obviously everything is beginning earlier than it should be these days.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - then they wouldn’t be able to hear the case or see the evidence, and if they’re blind and deaf then they’re most likely mute, so they can’t voice their opinion in any way, making the completely ineffectual.
@Queen_of_You188 - Then I’ll just move far far away.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - I’ll find you >:3
I think it’s inappropriate. They’re too young.
Puppy love is harmless, and great fun. It was for me anyway-no STD’s and no cooties-sorry, Homer!
The adults running this thing have sensible boundaries put on the resulting “match-ups”.
we had those x) but they were self-made by our own student council & it was all for fun x)
@Queen_of_You188 - No you won’t. I’ll be hiding.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - but I’ll find you >:3
@Queen_of_You188 - I wouldn’t bet on it.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - I wouldn’t bet on your face.
@Queen_of_You188 - Why would you?
ehhh, it seems harmless. I met my husband in 7th grade, started dating him in 8th. Not like the school is setting them up on a date. It sounds like it’s just showing kids who they have similar interests with. I actually kind of like the idea b/c it may show some kids that they have more things in common with kids they don’t know, and encourage friendships that may have otherwise been nonexistent.
HAHA my high school did that matchmaker thing every year. It was a laugh. No one ever took is seriously. It’s not a big deal.
it’s harmless and innocent.
@Queen_of_You188 - ahahaha XD you’re hilarious!
@Puni866 - thank you :3
@Rob_of_the_Sky - good question.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - you’re right. i support your statement.
Yes! Why are they doing this at school?? That’s not the place for that, and certainly not at 12 years old. Kids are gonna start having boyfriends then, but for the school to encourage it like that is just wrong.
pffft. It seems that nobody is too young for anything these days.
Being tenth grade, I would say it is TOO EARLY.
I’m pretty sure we did that at my school too. Around Valentine’s day.
They did that at my daughter’s school. It was all for giggles; nobody took it seriously. I had no problem with it.
@Rob_of_the_Sky - hai wanna party in the bak of the bus plz
The NHS at my school used this same thing as a fundraiser for those in grades 7-12. It’s harmless and kind of stupid. It’s just something for fun. In my group of friends, the only people who bought them were the ones who already had boyfriends or girlfriends, and they wanted to see if their bf/gf was on their list.
What’s the point. Do they really think these kids know themselves well enough to participate in something like that? Even I hate filling out surveys/forms about me.
@anaraug - Haha,they are hard to get rid of,we had to spray one another down using our pointer finger and making hissing noises,it took forever,they had to do every limb.
@saintvi - I don’t remember that.
Being a parent, I don’t see any harm in it.
@joyouswind - It was not taken seriously. In your case, it might have been high school, but it was just Valentine’s Day silliness. You brought yours home and showed it to me one year.
i think this sounds like harmless fun.
We used to do those every Valentines day.
Harmless.
We can’t protect our kids from every single thing that evokes emotion or they will grow up being numb and not know how to deal with adversity.
nah its harmless. well, until some little girl gets matched up with some other little girls boyfriend in front of the whole school. Then it’s ON! hehe
Hoping it’s just for all clean fun.
Being blown out of proportion. Its harmless!
groooooss, who’d wanna hook up with a 6th grader anyways? out of elementary school is waaaay too young.
Sounds fun. I don’t see the problem. Well, each child should definitely get parental permission first, and if you match a 10th grader with a 6th grader it’ll become kind of creepy, but I think it can be done right.
@leezey - I’m pretty sure that they keep the match-ups restricted to students within the school.
Eh, I suppose the idea of it isn’t too good, but it really is harmless. It’s almost the same as a school generating their own matchmaking computer program for a dance or something. It’s no biggie.
WTF is wrong with some parents these days. OMFG they are right. This matchmaking things is going to lead to pre-teen sex and OMMFG pre-teen pregnancy. The next thing you know elementary school children will be having sex and girls will be born pregnant.
@seedsower - you mean you didn’t have the cooties shot? You know circle, circle, dot, dot now I got my cootie shot.
How is 7th grade any better?
Sounds harmless but then who knows what will happen until we try it.
If it’s serious, yes. Many kids that age probably haven’t even hit puberty. They’re still children.
I can see for a fundraiser as a little fun thing. But if the kids are taking it seriously that’s not good. 6th grade is hard enough to not worry about dating.
We had that around that age, maybe a couple years older. No big deal. Harmless questions.
Not a big deal.
When I was in 6th grade, we did that same thing, and it was super fun, and harmless and no one went on to find their top match and make a baby with them just because of a matchmaking test.
I remember at the middle school I attended, one of the teachers led her students to try and guess which students in both 7th and 8th grade would wind up married.
I don’t think anyone ever thought of it as anything but a fun thing to do.
what’s the big deal?
i had that in my old high school
It’s harmless, especially if they use the company that my high school used. It was really fun because the questions were completely stupid and had nothing to do with relationships (what color would you die your hair out of these 4 non-natural choices; what prank would you pull on your teacher, stuff like that). Everyone chose bogus answers and it was hilarious to see if you were paired anyone you actually liked.
6th graders are already trying to put themselves together in relationships anyways.
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not too young. my guys friends were already talking about fucking girls when we were in the 7th grade. i bet some of those 6th graders aren’t even virgins anymore!
iFlurtz! HAHAHAH we have them at my school.
i didn’t buy them this year because i have a boyfriend now. no need :]
Our school did that this year, it was fun.
Though they made sure not to pair grade 8s with 12s.
I think it’s harmless fun. My high school did this to raise money for the school as well.
It’s just for fun around Valentine’s day.
Nobody takes them seriously anyways
And just because they got matched doesn’t mean they’re going
to start doing stuff. It’s just a survey.
In my high school we have them, too,
and one of the question was
“Which type of cars do you prefer?”, and
one of the choices was bat mobile.
My point is, that the questions are extremely harmless, too. So people should just chill out.
We do this at my high school. It’s only for laughs, not for anything serious. It’s funny to see how people in completely opposite groups get matched up. I think it’s completely harmless, even for little tiny baby sixth graders.
I think it’s wrong.
6th graders dont need to be dating
harmless. definitely.
definately too young for any kind of relationship, however, culturally, it is seen as perfectly normal….
We did that freshman or sophomore year, but if we weren’t innocent in sixth grade, I imagine sixth graders now are much worse. They probably thought it was silly just like we did. I remember I didn’t even know half the guys on mine, and the others I sort of knew, and pretty much laughed at the idea of matching up with them.
They are harmless for sure! Our Key Club uses them to raise money near valentines day every year.
We did it at my school back in grade 6 also. It definitely was harmless.
Does everything have to be that serious?? People don’t remember what it was like to be innocent.
I think it’s too young honestly…but honestly, it’s America, they’re probably already having sex.